this one kind of wrote itself after a comment from booth in want (word eleven)— booth's speech at christine and michael's rehearsal dinner.
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15. Adore
He opened the front door to find his eldest daughters boyfriend on the other side.
"Michael, is everything okay? Is Chris okay?"
"Everything is fine, Seeley, great actually. I wondered whether I could talk to you about something though?"
"Sure, come on in. Do you want something to drink? A beer?"
"Sure, thank you."
The two men entered the house, Booth leading the way to the kitchen where he produced two beers from the fridge, handing one to Michael before encouraging him to sit at the breakfast bar.
"So, what's up?"
"Okay, erm— so I've been doing a lot of thinking this past year, well since Christine and I moved in together after our first year in college, and she means so much to me. God, she's my best friend and I completely adore her, she's just— Christine is everything to me. And, I know how much you and Tempe mean to her, and you both mean a hell of a lot to me too, and I know she'd possibly never forgive me if I wasn't traditional about this. So, I came here to ask you for Christine's hand in marriage, for your permission to ask Chris to marry me, and— and if you think it's too soon then I fully respect that and I can—"
"Yes."
"Yes?"
"Yes, you have my permission, hell I know you have Bones' permission and she's not even here. Ask Christine to marry you, Michael. You've been playing wedding since you were five, it's about time you got around to the real thing."
"She might not say yes."
"Michael, my daughter is head over heels in love with you, she has been since she was fifteen, there is no way she is going to say no."